Deep Space Wandering Fleet-Chapter 229 - Safety Inspection
Chapter 229: Chapter 229 Safety Inspection
Chapter 229: Chapter 229 Safety Inspection
During the negotiations a few days ago, the other party had already made it clear that in order to enhance mutual understanding and ensure smoother communication, and not just engage in theoretical discussions, both sides could send a few Diplomats to the other’s territory for diplomatic activities.
Although it could be a probe, Humans, too, certainly wanted to further understand the other party, didn’t they?
Especially regarding the other party’s industrial and technological strength, it was definitely beneficial to gather more information.
It had been over two years since Humans had set foot on this Planet, and the development of the surface heavy industrial base had basically not been delayed. Various armed forces were gradually becoming sufficient. Under these premises, people began to have enough confidence to meet the challenges from the other party.
Soon, a week passed, and the training of these Diplomats was underway vigorously.
Wang Junpeng was dizzy with all kinds of data, utterly miserable, he didn’t even have time to flirt anymore. Luckily, this job sounded quite cool, and when his girlfriend heard about it, the look of admiration she gave him was almost enough to send him flying!
But it had to be said, being a legitimate spy was not so easy. To obtain more intelligence, it wasn’t just about talking; one had to use their eyes to see and their brain to calculate!
Many industrial data would not be directly disclosed by the other party, but Diplomats could use certain external indicators to make estimates. For example, how many people a city had, how many resources a route consumed, how much output there was—these professional skills and the ability to collect data couldn’t be acquired immediately; they required long-term training.
“Come on, everyone! The other civilization’s Diplomats are almost here, you all have at most one more month!”
…
At four o’clock in the afternoon of this day, taking advantage of a brief lull in the Planet’s large typhoons, a small Rocket was launched from a hole in the Planet.
Below the towering flame of the launch, the Rocket quickly broke through the atmosphere and released a tiny space capsule.
This space capsule’s propulsion system wasn’t strong; the Human shuttle had to retrieve it on its own.
“The atmosphere of this Planet is too dense, and there are powerful typhoons, making the development of the aerospace industry extremely difficult… A Space Elevator is impossible; it might even be blown over by typhoons.”
“Yes, but… why aren’t there any artificial satellites on the Planet’s surface? Don’t they need them?” Zhang Yuan and others were relaxed, watching the distant light of the Rocket and casually chatting.
“Maybe they haven’t unlocked that tech tree?”
Many technologies are the products of sudden inspiration and not historical inevitabilities. Satellites, the internet, nylon rope, antibiotics—many technologies were born out of chance occurrences.
“Then what’s the Rocket for? Isn’t it meant for launching satellites?”
“That’s unknown…”
After a moment of silence, Zhang Yuan suddenly turned his head, speaking with a touch of seriousness, “Based on some of the conversations during the negotiations, we can surmise that because of these external conditions, nearly every individual in this civilization suffers from severe agoraphobia!”
“So, they don’t like the open expanse of outer space at all, they have no desire to explore like we do, and their inclination for outer colonization is not strong. I really am starting to doubt whether they truly want peaceful negotiations.”
Captain Zhao nodded, “Ah, it might be that the individuals without agoraphobia were all eliminated by the typhoons.”
“A civilization that doesn’t like to expand outward, if you haven’t seen it with your own eyes, it’s really… hard to imagine.”
Actually, this phenomenon isn’t incomprehensible. For example, on Earth, some Biological species engage in suicide after reproducing to a certain number; and then there are animals that have no interest in expanding outward, like sloths…
As an expert in New Civilization History, Zhang Yuan quickly saw the deeper implications of this strange phenomenon.
The individuals of this civilization instinctively prefer enclosed, narrow environments, which bring them a sense of security. Merely because “typhoons often sweep across the surface” of their planet, a huge deviation in the entire civilization’s ideology has arisen due to the different living environment.
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Such a mentality and subconscious, compared to human civilization, might contain certain innate flaws, creating a lot of obstacles during expansion efforts. Since humans like spacious and bright environments, agoraphobia is only present in a minority of humans.
However, this “flaw” is only considered a flaw by humans. Perhaps the other side thinks such consciousness is very normal? They might even believe that humans’ preference for spacious and bright environments, which leads to a tendency to colonize, is very foolish. Because there are many powerful civilizations in the universe; one careless encounter with a tough opponent, and they could be wiped out instantly.
Isn’t it better to just lay low and survive in the long run?
“Hey, according to this line of reasoning, are humans perfect?”
Compared to the trillions of civilizations in the universe, do humans have their own subconscious and natural flaws?
Definitely!
And not just a few!
“Some deeply entrenched cultures, some things unwilling to change.”
Zhang Yuan shook his head vigorously, casting aside these wild thoughts for the moment.
Getting back to the matter at hand, if it were truly possible to achieve long-lasting peace, that would certainly be a good thing.
For such a long time, people did nothing but build nuclear warheads, and other things, including artificially hatching a large number of babies, were also postponed.
The benefits of war are simply too few, the people’s lives too difficult, and even if they won, could they possibly plunder the other planet? Impossible!
And the humans of today truly have no significant inclination to invade; there are so many planets here. The other side’s planet is not even the best one, and it’s difficult to develop; there is really no need for a fight to the death.
“Attention, all crew members, the shuttle is about to begin its launch countdown!” In the midst of this conversation, Captain Zhao issued the command.
“Five, four, three, two, one! Launch!”
Seconds later, a small shuttle blazed out from the mother ship, emitting a faint blue ion flame.
After distancing itself from the mother ship, it quickly became a tiny speck.
After two hours of torturous waiting, the small shuttle finally approached the space capsule. The pilot pressed a button, and several spring-loaded launchers with carbon fiber ropes accurately hooked onto the mechanical arm of the space capsule.
Carrying such a heavy object, the shuttle’s power was somewhat insufficient, able to accelerate only slowly, then gradually pulled the space capsule away from its original orbital position.
After circling around Gliese 581g six times, taking two days, it finally broke free from the planet’s gravity and flew toward the direction of the satellite.
“Just stay in that position… Tell the other side’s Diplomat that our people need to conduct a safety inspection on their space capsule,” Captain Zhao said directly to the communicator.
“Understood.”
This was also content agreed upon in advance; everyone feared what the other side might have hidden inside the space capsule, such as a nuclear bomb or some kind of biological weapon like a biochemical virus.
In case the other side intended to sacrifice a few of their individuals for a suicide attack, it would ultimately be the humans who suffered.
Anyway, it might be a bit rude, but being cautious is never wrong.
